| Author | : Danielle Celermajer |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 375 |
| Release | : 2018-09-06 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1108470459 |
Moving past theoretical critiques of human rights, this book considers how we might translate situational analyses of torture into effective strategies for preventing it.
| Author | : Richard Carver |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 688 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1781383308 |
In the past three decades, international and regional human rights bodies have developed an ever-lengthening list of measures that states are required to adopt in order to prevent torture. But do any of these mechanisms actually work? This study is the first systematic analysis of the effectiveness of torture prevention. Primary research was conducted in 16 countries, looking at their experience of torture and prevention mechanisms over a 30-year period. Data was analysed using a combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques. Prevention measures do work, although some are much more effective than others. Most important of all are the safeguards that should be applied in the first hours and days after a person is taken into custody. Notification of family and access to an independent lawyer and doctor have a significant impact in reducing torture. The investigation and prosecution of torturers and the creation of independent monitoring bodies are also important in reducing torture. An important caveat to the conclusion that prevention works is that is actual practice in police stations and detention centres that matters - not treaties ratified or laws on the statute book.
| Author | : Manfred Nowak |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 1361 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 0198846177 |
"Published with the support of Austrian Science Fund (FWF): PUB 644-G."
| Author | : Malcolm D. Evans |
| Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 608 |
| Release | : 2020-12-25 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1788113969 |
This Research Handbook is of great importance in an era where torture, whilst universally condemned, remains endemic. It explores the nature of the international prohibition of torture and the various means and mechanisms which have been put in place by the international community in an attempt to make that prohibition a reality.
| Author | : Rachel Murray |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2011-08-11 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 0191029742 |
The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) establishes an independent international monitoring committee (SPT) which itself will visit states and places where persons are deprived of their liberty. It also requires states to set up independent national bodies to visit places of detention. This book, drawing upon events held and interviews with governments, civil society, members of UN treaty bodies, national visiting bodies and others, identifies key factors that have shaped the operation of these visiting bodies since OPCAT came into force in 2006. It looks in detail at the background to the adoption of the Protocol, as well as how the international committee, the SPT, has carried out its mandate in its first few years. It examines the range of places of detention that could be visited by these bodies, and the expectations placed on the national visiting bodies themselves. The book also places the OPCAT within the broader system of torture prevention in the UN and elsewhere and identifies a range of trends arising from the different geographical regions. As well as providing an insight into its work, this detailed examination of OPCAT also provides valuable lessons for other new human rights treaties such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on Enforced Disappearances, which have similar provisions concerning national mechanisms.
| Author | : Jason Payne-James |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 419 |
| Release | : 2017-09-13 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1351812726 |
This landmark practical guide assists all those involved in monitoring detention conditions and investigating and preventing torture. The prestigious global author team identify the medical, legal and professional frameworks and international instruments applicable to those detained, and highlight how torture or other cruel and inhuman degrading treatments or punishments are identified, investigated and should be prevented. · A comprehensive and wide range of detention settings and circumstances are covered including police stations, prisons, mental health, and social care civil conditions to prisoner of war, detention camps, military, and armed conflict. · Advice, monitoring, and assessment is given for special groups, including the custody of women, children, vulnerable adults, and individuals on hunger strike · Practical guidelines are given for the assessment of ill-treatment of individuals in custody including sexual abuse · Online links to the latest legal, ethical, and medical guidelines for key countries help to make this book appropriate for all. Challenging, thought-provoking yet thoroughly practical, this book is essential reading for anyone involved in the monitoring of detention conditions and the treatment and investigation of individuals in any form of custody. The content is aimed primarily at healthcare professionals but it also highly relevant for anyone who may form part of a visiting team, including lay individuals, lawyers and law enforcement professionals, as well as for academics.
| Author | : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| Publisher | : United Nations Publications |
| Total Pages | : 90 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : |
Although international human rights and humanitarian law consistently prohibit torture under any circumstance, torture and ill-treatment are practiced in more than half the world's countries. This manual was developed to enable states to address one of the most fundamental concerns in protecting individuals from torture - effective documentation. The Istanbul Protocol is intended to serve as international guidelines for investigating cases of alleged torture and for reporting findings to the judiciary or any other investigative body.
| Author | : Association pour la prévention de la torture (Genève) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Torture (International law) |
| ISBN | : 9782940337279 |
| Author | : Metin Basoglu |
| Publisher | : CUP Archive |
| Total Pages | : 562 |
| Release | : 1992-11-05 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 9780521392990 |
A classic publication in this field which serves as a scholarly yet very practical resource.
